Policy and regulation
- Government misses NHS instructions deadline for first time – HSJ
Acute
- Council will rejoin ICS subject to ‘privatisation’ veto – HSJ
- Caesarean section delivers a ‘£400 saving’ on natural birth – Times
Workforce
- Doctors are increasingly in conflict with parents of terminally ill children – Times
Primary care
- GPs who make one-off mistakes less likely to face full GMC investigation under new plans – Pulse
- OTC medication rationing only made a quarter of its targeted savings – Pulse
- NICE hypertension guidelines will increase GP workload, BMA warns – Pulse
- GP trainee recruitment set for second record-breaking year – GP Online
Technology
- Ben Heather on the NHS App – HSJ
- Digital service which gives access to child health information is launched – Digital Health
- Blackpool clinical staff benefit from GP data access – Digital Health
Science and research